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Ladan

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Spiritual

The muezzin: the man who gives the Muslim call to prayer. Robinson records ladan (also ladam) as an Arabic loan meaning 'the man who calls to prayer, the muezzin'.

The ladan called the faithful to the dawn prayer from the mosque.

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